Social gaming studio Row Sham Bow announced Monday that it has raised $3 million from early stage venture Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 05/06/11
Seed-stage AppDirect, a new way for businesses to find, buy and use Web-based software, raised a $3.25 million Read More
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Only 39% of U.S. smartphone users check in
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to attend the Social-Loco Conference in San Francisco, which brought together many of Read More
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What you need to know – 05/06/11
Demand Media reported $79.5 million in revenues in Q1, an increase of 48% over Q1 2010, when the Read More
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GroupMe buys Sensobi to expand on BlackBerry
Group messaging application GroupMe announced Thursday that it has acquired “personal relationship management” company Sensobi. Terms of the Read More
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Firespotter launches with $3M from Google
Firespotter Labs, an idea and product accelerator, announced Thursday that it has launched with $3 million in Series Read More
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Facebook might buy Skype for $4 billion
It’s been pretty quiet on the Skype front ever since it emerged in January that the company’s IPO Read More
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What you need to know – 05/05/11
Apple is rumored to be introducing over-the-air updates to its Verizon iPhones when iOS 5 is released in Read More
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Smule’s Magic Piano now free on the iPhone
Magic Piano, Smule’s anyone-can-play-piano app, launched Wednesday on the iPhone for the first time. Similar to other Smule Read More
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Greylock-funded Gigwalk attacks data, mobile
How does a startup get seed funded by angel investors with names like Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Jeff Read More
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What you need to know – 05/03/11
Steve Ballmer revealed at BlackBerry World 2011 that Microsoft’s search engine Bing will be the new default map Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 04/29/11
Seed DoubleDutch–what you might consider a Foursquare for the enterprise– secured $1.2 million in a seed funding round Read More
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Design marketplace 99designs raised a $35 million Series A round led by Accel Partners, with participatiom from several Read More
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RIM stock dives 10% after forecast revision
In response to slowing BlackBerry sales, RIM on Thursday lowered financial forecasts for the first quarter, ending May Read More
If this isn’t disruptive as hell, then I don’t know what is. SignalSet, a startup based in Seattle, Read More